Slice of Life

SAN ANDREAS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the homeowner’s sauna.

Calaveras County sheriff’s deputies arrested 49-year-old Robert London after they responded to a report of a burglary at a home in San Andreas. He pleaded not guilty to charges of burglary and possession of stolen property.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Hewitt says arriving deputies found the homeowner on top of a nearly naked London on the driveway.

The homeowner said he discovered London going through his kitchen cabinets and chased him out the door.

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Hewitt says London told investigators he thought the house was vacant, and he had used the sauna there in the past.

Not the President

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed “Barack H. Obama.”

By the time Butler County elections officials processed the card, it went into the state’s computerized database with the last name “Obana” — that is, with an ‘n’ in place of the ‘m.’ But a detective tells The Associated Press that whoever did it was clearly trying to register using President Barack Obama’s name.

The card was discovered last week when a jury commissioner in the county north of Pittsburgh was compiling a role of potential jurors which, in Pennsylvania, can be drawn from voter registration lists.

Detective Scott Roskovski says nobody voted using the bogus voter registration card, though filling it out falsely could be a felony.

Hiding place

LOWELL, Mass. (DFM)-- Christopher Grannis, 25, made it incredibly easy for police to track him down following a bank robbery in Massachusetts. “He decided the safest place to hide from police was at another bank across the street,” reported the Lowell Sun. An employee watched him run across the street and told police, who found and arrested Grannis within minutes. The bank he’s accused of robbing — Northern Bank & Trust — is building a reputation of being the bank of choice for dumb criminals. Less than a year ago, police were able to track down a robber who left behind his driver’s license.

Breasts as deadly weapons

SEATTLE, Wash. (DFM)-- Donna Lange is accused of smothering her boyfriend with her breasts after a night of heavy drinking. Though Lange later denied knowing anything about how her 51-year-old boyfriend died, witnesses who were drinking with the couple told police Lange, 50, was found on top of the man following a struggle, according to kirotv.com. Witnesses told police that before he died, he could be heard telling Lange to get off him. Police noted the size difference between the two: Lange is 5 feet 6 inches tall and 162 pounds; the victim was 5 feet 7 inches tall and 175 pounds.